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1. 1780.c.8(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
1780.c.8(11)
Title:
The State Apartments: the Throne Room [Windsor Castle]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the length of the room towards the throne at the far end. For a monochrome version of this image (in collotype?), see the later edition at shelfmark 1780.c.22 (print 9).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

2. 1780.c.22(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
1780.c.22(9)
Title:
The State Apartments: the Throne Room [Windsor Castle]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography For a coloured version of this image, see 1780.c.8 (print 11).
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. 10350.h.10(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
10350.h.10(33)
Title:
The throne [House of Lords]. Photographer: Harrington, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Vignetted image, looking towards the three thrones in the chamber of the House of Lords.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1868
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 51309(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 51309(1)
Title:
Throne from the Emperor of China's Summer Palace at Pekin, presented to the R.E. Mess, Chatham, by Colonel C.G. Gordon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of The throne was presumably acquired during the looting of Peking in the Anglo-Chinese War of 1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70650 A(93)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(93)
Title:
Shah's Peacock Throne in the audience chamber. Emblem of the sun over the back. It would be lined with a fine carpet and the Shah would sit in it cross-legged [modern caption]. Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed in the negative 'Sevruguin' in Cyrillic script. Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the throne.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

6. Add Or 5475, f.30(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.30(b)
Title:
The Emperor's throne beneath Shah Jahan's Scales of Justice in he Tasbih Khana. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
The Emperor’s throne beneath Shah Jahan’s Scales of Justice in the Tasbih Khana. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i andarun-i tasbih khana … divan-i khass. ‘amal-i Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 5475, f.37(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.37(b)
Title:
The imperial jharoka in the Diwan-i 'Am. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s)
Scope & Content:
Closer view of the imperial ‘jharoka’ in the Diwan-i ‘Am. Inscribed: ‘naqsha-i kursi andarun-i divan-i ‘amm ast’. ‘‘amal-i Mazhar ‘Ali Khan.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

8. Add Or 5475, f.38

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.38
Title:
The panel of Florentine pietra dura work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
The panel of Florentine ‘pietra dura’ work representing Orpheus charming the wild animals with his music, installed at the back of throne in the ‘jharoka.’ 23.5 by 15.5 cm. Note: See Ebba Koch, ‘Shah Jahan and Orpheus’, Graz, 1988.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

9. Add Or 5475, f.39

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.39
Title:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Five smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., from the same place. Each 7 by 5.5 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item

10. Add Or 5475, f.40

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5475, f.40
Title:
Four smaller panels representing birds, plants etc., of Florentine pietra dura work, as well as Mughal pietra dura work, installed at the back of the throne in the jharoka of the Diwan-i 'Am in the Delhi palace. From the 'Metcalfe Album.'. Artist(s): Mazhar 'Ali Khan (fl.1840s), and studio
Scope & Content:
Four similar panels, together with three others representing the Mughal inlay work on the same site.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1842-1844
Extent:
1 Item